About the PoGo Plus

This is a device I personally haven't aquired, so I have no experience from using it. There are, however, a number of conversations about it on the local Gothenburg Instinct chat.

Apparent advantages:

• Gives you a shot at pokemon while farming pokestops
• Can be used for catching pokemon at the same time as you're spinning pokestops
• Catch-time is drastically decreased compared to throwing balls at a pokemon from the screen
• Can be used to play in the background when you're really doing something else
• Frees up a hand when you need it, ie while carrying groceries

Apparent drawbacks:

• Only works with red balls
• Only one attempt per pokemon
• No curveball, nice throw, etc bonus
• Leaves you with lots of caught pokemon in your storage that must be disposed of later
• Increased runtime-cost due to consumption of batteries
• You're prone to use it when you should not

The last one is important. You're not forced to use the Plus.

Idling by a lure is a bad way of using it. You're stationary and have all the time in the world to catch the pokemon that pop up. Why decrease your catch rate?

If you get lazy you'll end up clicking the Plus when something really interesting pops on-screen. You probably want to avoid using the plus with a juicy snorlax on-screen.